All told the Nikon FE is quite delightful to use. If there's one complaint it's that the advance lever needs to be in the standby position for the camera to be activated, and it digs into my nose, as I like to sight with my left eye.

This bronze sculpture in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, remembers the revolution of 2010, symbolically portraying the people pushing aside the darker elements of society. The image was taken with the Nikon FE in April 2014. It's had a significant amount of post processing treatment.

The following images were all taken during the Kyrgyzstan trip, either around the landlocked lake of Issyk Kul or the mountain ranges south of the capitol city, Bishkek, which are capped by snow all year long.

Below, left, at the Eastern end of Issyk Kul is the town of Karakol, where these white barked trees stand stark against the clear spring skies.

An easy drive from Bishkek is the Ala Archa National Park, below right, the mountain range is snow capped throughout the year.

Above left, at an old neglected Soviet era hot spring bathing area, this old rotting bed makes for an interesting image, whilst at right one of the wall mosaics hangs on, its strong communistic style still looking positive amongst the grim decay around it.

At right are old Georgian Wine bottles. Although old they don't come close to the earliest, for archeological evidence suggests that wine production was happening in Georgia around 6000BC.

Below, left, are a collection of stone markers, some dating from 6th century, brought together in the surroundings of the Burana Tower, 80km East from Bishkek.

And finally home, Bishopstoke, UK